Name: Lechevalieria nigeriaca Camas et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni.ge.ri’a.ca. N.L. fem. adj. nigeriaca, of or belonging to Nigeria

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 45680; JCM 31207; KCTC 29057; NJ2035; NRRL B-24881

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN989291 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Camas M, Veyisoglu A, Tatar D, Saygin H, Cetin D, Sazak A, Guven K, Sahin N. Lechevalieria nigeriaca sp. nov., isolated from arid soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3750-3754.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:6-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Lentzea nigeriaca (Camas et al. 2013) Nouioui et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lentzea nigeriaca (Camas et al. 2013) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Lechevalieria nigeriaca is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Lechevalieria.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Lechevalieria Labeda et al. 2001

Assigned by: Camas M, Veyisoglu A, Tatar D, Saygin H, Cetin D, Sazak A, Guven K, Sahin N. Lechevalieria nigeriaca sp. nov., isolated from arid soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3750-3754.

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Record number: 791169